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The Broken Circle Breakdown

2012 · 112 min

A raw, music-filled plunge into grief, cutting between joy and devastation with unflinching emotional honesty.

Genres
Drama
Overview
The loss of their young daughter threatens to destroy the love and faith of two married musicians.

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Tone
  • bleakstrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • grief
  • love
  • faith
  • family
  • death
Places
  • big city
  • home
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
  • musical
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language strong
  • Violence mild
  • Sex strong
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour2
Realism8
Romance6
Tension5
Darkness8
Complexity6
Emotional weight9

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Genres
drama
Directed by
Felix van Groeningen
Written by
Carl Joos, Charlotte Vandermeersch, Felix van Groeningen
Starring
Veerle Baetens, Johan Heldenbergh, Nell Cattrysse, Geert Van Rampelberg, Nils De Caster, Robbie Cleiren, Bert Huysentruyt, Jan Bijvoet
Music
Bjorn Eriksson
Cinematography
Ruben Impens
Runtime
112 min
Country
Belgium, Netherlands
Languages
English, Dutch

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